Abstract
In this case study a family therapy trainee is treating a family during a live supervision session while wearing a blood-pressure monitor. The data are used to illustrate the paradox inherent in live supervision from a social facilitation theory standpoint: While the peer group is considered essential to the process of supervision by some models, the presence of observers and coactors is hypothesized to give rise to negative social facilitation effects which may inhibit the acquisition of complex skills and prolong the training phase of the professionalization process.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 553-561 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Contemporary Family Therapy |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Family therapy
- Live supervision
- Social facilitation